Santa Ragione

Factsheet

Developer:
Santa Ragione
Based in Milan, Italy

Release date:
19th of October 2017

Platforms:
App Store

Website:
wheelsofaurelia.com

Regular Price:

Description

Embark on an immersive road trip through the gritty western coast of Italy during the roaring 1970’s. Playing as Lella, a bold, spunky woman, experience the sights and sounds of a tumultuous time in Italy’s history while uncovering events from Lella’s storied past. Take the road less traveled, while meeting an unpredictable cast of characters along your journey and making detours along the way. An interactive visual novel based on short moments in time during Lella’s travels, each playthrough ends with one of sixteen different endings based on your choices. Travel across the famous “Via Aurelia” and discover a new side of Italy in a thought-provoking game about the road trip, not the destination.

History

Wheels of Aurelia is rooted in culturally and historically researched events of the 1970’s, striving to challenge the stereotypical perception of idyllic Italy. The game showcases a time in Italy’s history never before explored in a videogame, but one that the developers deeply felt the ramifications of in their childhood and as they grew up. They created the game to learn more about this time period in Italy that their parents lived through, reflect on their current world, and uncover how things have changed or stayed the same. They hope it encourages player introspection and reflection on both past and current events on a global scale.

Features

• Uncover Lella’s fierce personality and mysterious past while choosing each line of her dialogue in the game
• A compact game experience with sixteen different endings, each with its own epilogue
• Simple and highly intuitive one-handed controls
• All original Italian soundtrack provides emotional ambience to accompany the game’s narrative
• Original art by renowned illustrators, handcrafted to bring Italy to life in new and unexpected ways
• Rooted in researched and culturally accurate events during the 1970’s including kidnappings and extreme political turmoil
• Wheelspedia: in-game easy access wiki that explains cultural and political references for those seeking additional information
• Independent Games Festival Honorable Mention, IndieCade Nominee, Fantastic Arcade Game Spotlight
• From the creators of FOTONICA, official selection for best of App Store 2014

Wheels of Aurelia Credits

Nicolò Tedeschi and Pietro Righi Riva
Original Concept

Pietro Righi Riva
Director, Producer, Programmer

Nicolò Tedeschi
Art Director

We Are Müesli, Claudia Molinari, Matteo Pozzi
Story and Dialogue

Anna Kipnis
Dialogue System Design and Implementation

Chris Remo
Dialogue Editing

Flaminia Grimaldi
Environment Art

Paolo Tajé
Release Manager and Extra Gameplay Programming

Ernest Nemirovskiy
Extra 3D Art

Luca Francesco Rossi
Extra 2D Art

Patrick Leger
Character Portraits

Matteo Berton
Wheels of Aurelia Logo and Posters

Paolo Tajé, Il Sumero, Mario Porpora
Testers

Gipsy Studio, Gianluca Bianco, Cristiano Tommasini, Giordano Sartoretti
"Wheels of Aurelia" Opening Theme

Stefano Righi Riva, Marco Adamoli, Nicolò Sonato, Guido Zoppi
Opening Theme Lyrics

Guido Zoppi
Extra Lyrics

Nicolò Sala
Music on the radio by

Michael Manning
Sound Effects

Contact

Inquiries
info@santaragione.com

Twitter
twitter.com/santaragione

Facebook
facebook.com/santaragione

Web
santaragione.com